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Originally Posted by rants
Yep, I'm like this too. When someone annoys me like this I just buy from someone else. What's even worse is when I'm buying something and the salesperson completely ignores me but only talks to the person I am WITH, that is totally rude.
I read somwhere in a study that women and blacks get treated differently at car dealerships than white men. Women and blacks tend to get either ignored, or quoted a higher price and in generally just not treated as well.
Some salesmen in this study even said demeaning things such as "Don't you have to ask your husband for permission first before purchasing this vehicle"?
Bad customer service.
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This is true on two levels.
My old roommate was black. When we would go somewhere for a major purchase. He was buying, and I was just there to help carry shit. The sales people at almost every single store would come up to me first and talk to me. Never even saying hello to him. I would have to say, he's the one buying. They would then go bug him before returning to me. This happened more than one time, even one day at 7 different furniture places.
When I go into shop with the gf, they spend all their time talking to her trying to get her to buy. But then will talk to me about stereotype bullshit. She will cut you off if you do not buy what she wants, and so forth.
I refuse to buy from them either. Anyone playing the alpha male macho card on me and using female stereotypes. Whether I believe in them or not.
